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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 344060088 bytes |
| Summary |
Highlights some of the best talks from the Perth Writers Festival. Robert Macklin and Paul Kelly discuss the importance of personality in Australian politics. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Finkel reflects on the eight months he spent imbedded with U.S. Army infantry in Iraq. Plus the first IQ2 debate from Melbourne which asks "Should Australia embrace nuclear power?" And journalist Ethan Watters argues that it isn't just fast food and TV sitcoms the US is exporting to the world- it is also pushing attitudes to mental illness |
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Closed captioning in English |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-03-23 at 11:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Forums (Discussion and debate)
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History -- Book reviews.
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Mental illness -- Psychological aspects.
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Nuclear energy -- Technological innovations.
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Politicians -- Attitudes.
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Soldiers -- Psychology.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Cohen, David, contributor
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Finkel, David, contributor
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Hansen, James, contributor
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Jones, Tony, host
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Kelly, Paul, contributor
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Macklin, Robert, contributor
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Olson, Molly Harriss, contributor
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Oppenheimer, Todd, contributor
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Watters, Ethan, contributor
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